Saturday, September 26, 2015

I am making Halloween cards (Yay! Because last year I didn't get to make very many.) So for this Halloween card, I was inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch!

I used my Silhouette to make the ghosts. The sentiment is a G Studio stamp with orange embossing powder. And I had to use all sorts of goggly eyes for the ghosts. Those eyes really give them character. :)

Monday, September 21, 2015

How have you been? It seems like way to much time in between my posts! But Halloween is coming and so is Christmas so I am hoping to make more projects to share. :)

This past Saturday I got the treat of going to Michaels. "Don't go crazy" my sweet husband always says...but it's almost Halloween! ;) LOL So I am looking for some Halloween card making paper and all they have are 12X12 stacks (minus the last 8x8 Tim Holtz Halloween that I snatched up). One of the stacks is like black and gold Halloween-like fancy Halloween.

Unfortunately, I'm not a fancy Halloween person. I must have orange and black and pumpkins and witches. I didn't get any paper (also I found a new stack of Halloween paper in a Christmas order I had placed and gotten. So glad I didn't buy any paper!) But this thought of fancy Halloween haunted me. Why can't I do a fancy Halloween card? What constitutes fancy?

So I used Rangers Sticky Embossing Powder with Sparkle N Sprinkle's Golden Silver glitter and created this:

It's a fancy meets grunge--LOL. I love the brightness of this glitter-all of my other glitter and embossing powder is dark gold. It seems like bright happy gold is everywhere. For the background I used a Tim Holtz stencil and Viva Inka Gold (which looks better on black than I would have ever imagined.) The witches and sentiment are both from Great Impressions stamps.

For the lace I used antique linen and tarnished brass distress stains and some black distress ink.

Saturday, September 5, 2015

There is a new challenge at Stick It Down--and you will love this sketch!

Here is my take on the sketch. I used Distress Paints and flicked them onto the white cardstock. I used my Silhouette machine to make the crayons. I thought they were perfect for the Crayola Experience.

Here is the journaling. The title stickers are old-so I was super happy to incorporate them into this layout. Does anyone else feeling like a major win when you use something that's like 5 plus years old? LOL! :)

Here is the original sketch:

Make sure you go by and see all of the great takes on this sketch and the double page and card sketches-so much inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by! Until next time my friends...stay colorful! :)

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

What do I say every month--wow! It's already another month! And now we are going into fall-ok it might be a little early, but I am started to get excited about pumpkins and various shades of brown, red, and orange. :)

However, the card I'm showing you today has nothing to do with fall but everything to do with our new challenge at House of Cards-Stitching!

I love this card that I made:

For the challenge you can use faux stitching (pen, stickers, etc) or real stitching with a machine or done by hand.

So my process is funny because I get out this little sewing machine by provo craft and because it has one unpredictable stitch and I'm missing a piece-I totally abandon that idea. Then I get out my 2 sheets of faux stitches. And then 3 is a charm you know--I get out my We R Memory Keepers sewing tool thing.

I pierced the paper with 3 different types of stitches and then sewed them up. I used 2 Stampin' Up stamps that a friend of mine gave me (Thank you!). I used Copics to color the frog and glued sequins that matched the thread.

I don't use my We R Memory Keepers sewing thing enough. But thanks to this challenge I did :)

Please check out what my teammates have created. They are super talented!

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Hello! Thank you for stopping by my little part of the world! I love paper crafts! I started off scrapbooking and making cards, and now I like doing all of that and then some! ATC's, tags, mixed media projects-I'm gonna try at least! I love all sorts of papers and styles but I really like Tim Holtz, grungy, and steampunk!
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